Commentary

Extravagance has ruined the great institution of marriage

Weddings are no more a mere union of individuals and a private affair. They’ve rather become a symbol of wealth exhibition and...

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Jammu Massacre: What it meant to be a Muslim woman in Jammu in 1947

Modern history’s least documented massacre that reportedly heaped 2.3 lakh Muslim bodies in Jammu by Nov 1947 is tailed by countless stories...

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How is ‘She’ doing amid escalating braid chopping and vigilantism?

Being a woman in contemporary Kashmir is no fun as the fret of the puzzling prowlers keeps shadowing one’s senses. While the...

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Braid Chopping: ‘We’ll get through this, too, stronger than they think’

How does it feel like a Kashmiri woman when relentless braid-chopping episodes are only escalating a sense of scare? Here, the writer...

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Braid-chopping: ‘Vigilantism overtakes when the State fails to deliver justice’

The sentiment—Kashmir isn’t safe anymore—is taking grip in the valley since past few weeks. The incidents of braid-chopping and its consequent vigilantism...

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‘My dear countrymen, Kashmir is beyond the tourism video…’

‘Kashmir, warmest place on earth,’ says the new tourism video of Kashmir tourism department. The video captures the beauty of the valley,...

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Amid death and destruction, will Maryam survive?

On a cold, snowy morning, I was walking around the banks of Jhelum in Srinagar. That’s the least a sportsman—a footballer in...

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True or Fake Faith Healers: How to differentiate

Anyone whose misinterpretation of the Holy Scripture (and/or use of private ”revelation”) implicitly or explicitly, contradicts Quran and the Sunnah can never...